French Cesar Awards Show Love for CAMILLE REWINDS, HOLY MOTORS, and of course AMOUR

France may no longer be the pinnacle of world cinema, but their official awards show, The Cesars, have at least succeeded in one way where the academy blew it: Denis Lavant got a best actor nomination for Holy Motors! The film that will likely be remembered longer than most of this year's Oscar nominees also garnered several other much-deserved nominations, including best screenplay, best director, and best film.

But the real success story is Camille Rewinds, a time-travel comedy/drama which led the nominations with thirteen nods,beating out even Amour. Of course, Michael Haneke's study of dying still came in second with ten nominations. In the foreign film category, Ben Affleck was slightly vindicated for being passed over by the academy for a directing nomination, as Argo is the only American film competing. Finally, my favorite movie of the year, Ernest and Celestine scored a nomination for best animated film.